What are the Types of Dental Implants?
There are several types of dental implants, depending on the technique used, materials used and how far the bone resorption has progressed. The regular dental implants, where natural tooth root is simulated, are called root form implants. These belong to the group of endosteal implants, together with the plate form implants. While the root form implants use a titanium screw to simulate the root, with plate form implants there is not enough bone available in the jaw to support the screw. If bone grafting is not advisable or possible either, then plate form implants are used, they are thinner and can securely hold more than one tooth and be used for dental bridges as well.
A new form of endosteal implants has been developed lately, the mini dental implants, they are basically the same like root form implants, but a smaller screw is being used.
There are also subperiosteal implants, which are designed for advanced jaw bone resorption, when there is not even enough for a plate to be implanted. The custom made implant is lodged on top of the remnants of the jaw bone, but within the gums, providing enough stability to hold the whole lower dentures.
Intramucosal inserts exist as well, where removable dentures are inserted into indentions which are implanted and are in the roof of the mouth, for upper dentures.
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